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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 2, 2024 21:23:27 GMT
Pair of stamps from Norfolk Island in 2022 with a background of seafaring maps:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 21, 2024 8:42:22 GMT
Stamp from Finland in 1976 for the 100 th anniversary of the Finnish language society, showing a map of the various dialect/language regions.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 22, 2024 5:33:08 GMT
Stamp issued by Finland in 1987 to celebrate 70 years of independence:  I somehow missed at the store the other stamp in this set. Will have to go back for it soon! |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 23, 2024 5:44:22 GMT
Finnish stamp from a 2001 set on the Gulf of Finland, showing a nautical map of the area:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 24, 2024 5:11:26 GMT
Stamp issued by Finland in 1970 when it was hosting the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) negotiations in Helsinki between the United States and the Soviet Union:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 25, 2024 5:58:08 GMT
New stamp from St-Pierre-et-Miquelon for the local Rotary district conference, also encompassing Atlantic Canada:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 26, 2024 4:59:52 GMT
Stamp issued in 1988 by Finland to mark the 150 th anniversary of its national meteorological institute:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 27, 2024 8:21:52 GMT
Stamp issued by Finland in 1973 for the European Security and Cooperation Conference:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 28, 2024 6:30:37 GMT
Another 1972 Finland stamp about the Security in Europe conference:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 29, 2024 5:25:49 GMT
Top row: new addition to the St-Pierre-et-Miquelon set of definitives showing a map of the archipelago, here for the "green" domestic letter rate up to 20 grams. I've shown the 2022 contributions to this set already in this thread, but, for completeness, let's also see the 2016 and 2017 initial offerings:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 30, 2024 13:17:52 GMT
Stamp issued by Finland in 1966 for UNESCO:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 31, 2024 5:30:24 GMT
Stamp issued in 1987 by Finland on the centenary of its telecom authority:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 3, 2024 8:50:53 GMT
Stamp issued by Bolivia in 2013 celebrating World Health Day on April 7 th:  Note that, on the globe, the green patch meant to represent Bolivia is a tad larger than strict adherence to geographical accuracy would require. Wars have been started for this sort of thing! |
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Post by vikingeck on Aug 3, 2024 10:27:02 GMT
Stamp issued by Finland in 1987 to celebrate 70 years of independence: BUNNY RABBITS! Or so the outline of Finland reminds me . |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 4, 2024 6:01:24 GMT
Imperforate souvenir sheet from Ecuador, issued in 2013 for the 450 years of the creation of the Quito Royal Audience, and showing a historical map of the area:  |
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Post by Hugh on Aug 4, 2024 16:19:27 GMT
Interesting thread. Nice examples. Maps and stamps both have a lot to do with sovereignty and when you put then together ... they can make an interesting statement or help stake a claim. Here's two from Spain from their 1967 Builders of the New World Series. No soverignity issues here, not in 1967, that was settled long ago. But the maps certainly reflect national pride and celebrate historic acheivments.  Old Map of Nootka Coast50c Sc. 1490 The Spanish mapped the area and, in 1789, built Fort San Miguel on Nootka Island, just west of Vancouver Island. This was essentially an artillery battery for the defense of the first (Spanish) setttlement in what is now British Columbia, Canada. They left the area in 1795 under the terms of the third Nootka Convention which agreed to a negotiated settlement of the overlapping claims of Spain and Britain in the Pacific Northwest.  Old Map of the California Coast3p Sc. 1494 The need for good maps of the coast was essential. Especially for an 18thC Spain concerned about British and Russian expansion into the Pacific. |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 5, 2024 6:29:48 GMT
Set of five stamps issued by Peru in 2000 showing its borders with the neighbouring states:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 6, 2024 5:26:40 GMT
Map of the central Surinam nature preserve on this stamp from 1999:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 7, 2024 5:46:34 GMT
Souvenir sheet issued by Spain in 2003 showing the development of the country's geological map, first appearing in 1971:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 8, 2024 5:22:12 GMT
Miniature sheet issued by Botswana in 1972 showing the runner post route from Mafeking to Gubulawayo:  A second version, with smaller stamps, was re-issued in 1988 for the centenary of the event. |
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Post by doug534 on Aug 27, 2024 15:25:39 GMT
My impression from a quick search is that the scarcity of paper and availability of surplus maps following World War II led to maps being turned into envelopes such as this one mailed from Berlin, Germany, postmarked 17 January 1947. But is the map itself a German map, or from some other country? Also, I can't place the map geographically. I thought perhaps Libya, but a Google search for some of the town and wadi names drew a blank. The cover contains 1946 issues: Scott #537,543, and 550.   |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 28, 2024 1:23:53 GMT
My impression from a quick search is that the scarcity of paper and availability of surplus maps following World War II led to maps being turned into envelopes such as this one mailed from Berlin, Germany, postmarked 17 January 1947. But is the map itself a German map, or from some other country? Also, I can't place the map geographically. I thought perhaps Libya, but a Google search for some of the town and wadi names drew a blank. The cover contains 1946 issues: Stumped me, best I could get was "EL HARRA" Google offered "AL HARRA" (Large print central lower map) which is in Syria, south west of Alleppo Whether that is correct is mere speculation. |
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Post by franoise on Aug 28, 2024 4:53:42 GMT
El Ghèria esc-Scerghia seems to be in Libya |
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Post by doug534 on Aug 30, 2024 0:35:48 GMT
franoise, I think you found the correct location. Google maps in Libya shows an "Al Shuwairif" in "Jabal al Gharbi" province/district that features a road pattern (along Highway 1) running to the northwest and to the south from Al Shuwairif similar to the one on the envelope map. On GoogleEarth the road appears a bit less similar but the wadis are similar in location. Al Shuwairif is about 200 km south and a bit east of Tripoli.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 1, 2024 9:25:58 GMT
Two out of a set of three stamps issued by Cabo Verde in 1939 on the occasion of the presidential voyage to the Portuguese colonial holdings:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 2, 2024 22:00:48 GMT
Stamp issued by Thailand in 2009 for its national telecommunications commission:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 3, 2024 22:46:08 GMT
Stamp issued in 1958 by Portuguese Guinea for the Brussels Universal Expo, showing a map of the Portuguese possessions:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 4, 2024 20:03:00 GMT
Stamp issued by Thailand in 2013 for the launch of digital TV, with a profile of the country with a somewhat skewed aspect ratio:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 16, 2024 21:01:11 GMT
A beautiful world map from 1502 on this 1968 stamp from Cabo Verde:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 17, 2024 17:12:30 GMT
Stamp issued by Cabo Verde in 1969 to mark the centenary of the birth of Gago de Coutinho, who achieved the first crossing of the South Atlantic by hydroplane:  Methinks the Cape Verde and San Pedro islands have been moved further at sea than they really are for aesthetic reasons.  |
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